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Cordless Planer

Fail

Demand is soft, at -19.6% this quarter, so Cordless Planer is a Fail.

Flapen Score
45
45 / 100
Ranks 1,445 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −4 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£82K/yr51K searches / yr
90-day growth
-19.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
49%top-5 click share · 18 brands · 81 sellers

Flapen Score

Cordless Planer against its category

The dotted line is the DIY & Tools average. Past it, Cordless Planer is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

45Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Cordless Planer market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Cordless Planer 51K times last year and spent an estimated £82K. The top 5 brands take 69% of clicks. Flapen scores it 45 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

1.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 51K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -19.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £82K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
51K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-19.6%
Conversion, latest week
1.9%
Market size, estimated
£82Ka year
Top search term
makita planer23K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £85.90.

Listings sell for £85.90 on average, from £26.17 to £183.62. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 1K to 1K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £85.90 that is £0 to £9K a year per listing.

Average price
£85.90inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£26.17–£183.62
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
1K–1K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£9K
Returns
3.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

66% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 78% ship with Prime. On an average day, 10.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #60 within Power Tools. It carries 643 reviews at 4.28 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
66%
Prime listings
78%
Out of stock, average day
10.8%
Average rank
#60in Power Tools
Average rating
4.28 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
643per listing
Listings tracked
32

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 8 launches as successful.

8 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 49 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
8
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
49 months

Products

Top Cordless Planer products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 49% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£8K£16K£25K£33K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

18 rising

Sellers

81

Top-5 brand share

69%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

49%

Top 20: 84%

Open market

27%

  • Makita38%
  • Bosch Professional12%
  • JAOGAUS8%
  • Generic7%
  • GREENSAPPIRE5%
  • JOJOCY4%

Demand

Cordless Planer search demand

Weekly searches over the year. Pick a range.

900700May '26May '26May '26Jun '26Jun '26Jul '26

Search terms

Top Cordless Planer search terms shoppers use

The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.

  • makita planer23K/yr
  • cordless planer12K/yr
  • bosch planer7K/yr
  • makita planer 18v5K/yr
  • makita 18v planer4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cordless Planer

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting14%−0.03

the instructions manual was a joke

No pictures in instructions

Docked a point as instructions have zero pictures which I need to help me know where to install the accessories for rebates etc

Compatibility-Overall9%−0.04

NOT COMPATIBLE

Durability9%−0.03

Lasted just over a month of light trimming

Functionality-Overall9%−0.03

Doesn't work

Size-Overall9%−0.01

Bags online too big when doing small jobs

Love

Quality-Overall26%+2.45

great build quality and it has a lot of power and is robust

Highly recommend solid quality

Great quality

Value For Money19%+0.20

Good value for money

Good value

Good value excellent item

Battery Life11%+0.80

Great battery life

Lasts for hours on 5amp battery

3A battery lasts about 20 minutes with non stop planing which I find reasonable

Ease Of Use10%+0.22

Easy to use

very easy to adjust

Very handy

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%−0.01

as described

does what I need

Does the job

Return

3.0% Return rate 13% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall16%▄▄▅█▅▃

Doesn't work

Defective Material/Parts14%█▄▃▄▅▂
Product Condition12%▁██▁▂▅
Quality-Overall6%▇▁██▅▃

Poor quality

Weight Heavy5%█▅▃▅█▄

FAQ

Common Cordless Planer questions

Answered from the same tracked data.